---
title: description
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: swift/int/description
---

# description

A textual representation of this value.

## Declaration

```swift
var description: String { get }
```

## See Also

### Describing an Integer

- [hash(into:)](swift/int/hash(into:).md)
- [customMirror](swift/int/custommirror.md)